How to Use your Eurail Pass

Travel Report

Your Eurail Pass consists of a ticket and a Pass cover. Each time before boarding a train, bus or boat, it is important that you record your trip in the Travel Report on the Pass cover (in blue or black ink). If you travel without having entered the trip in the Travel Report, you risk a fine and payment of a full fare ticket. When you return your Travel Report to us after your trip, we will reward you with a free Eurail souvenir.

Extra Pass Benefits

There are extra Pass benefits that entitle you to reductions. If you use a free benefit on a certain day, you will have to fill in a travel day on your Pass. Reduction benefits can be used anytime within the validity period of your Pass. More on using extra Pass benefits.

Traveling in a group

Groups of 2 to 5 people can buy a Saver Pass, which gives you 15% discount per person. Pay attention: the names of the travelers will be printed on the Saver Pass, so you should travel together. More on Saver Passes.

A Eurail Pass is strictly personal and non-transferable

• Eurail Passes are issued on identity and cannot to be used by any other person.
• Your name, country of residence and Passport number should be filled in on the Pass.

Warning: do not laminate your Pass!
We can imagine that you want to protect your valuable Eurail Pass. Please note that laminating makes your Pass invalid. We advise you to store your Pass in a plastic wallet instead.

Age Limits

Anyone can buy a Eurail Pass. However, there are several price levels depending upon your age and the preferred class:

• Customers aged 26 and older on the first day of validity of their Pass can buy an 'Adult' Pass in 1st or 2nd class
• Customers aged 12 up to and including 25 years old can buy a Youth Pass, which is in most cases only valid for 2nd class train travel
• Customers aged 4 up to 12 years old (age limits can vary for specific One Country Passes) get a discount of 50% on the fare of an 'Adult' Pass, 1st or 2nd class
• Children aged 0 up to and including 3 travel for free

Country of Residence

You can buy a Eurail Pass if you are a resident of a non-European country. You are considered to be a resident of a country if you have been living in this country for longer than 6 months on the first day of validity of your Pass.

Residents from these countries are not entitled to buy a Eurail Pass:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroer, Finland, FYR Macedonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican.

Train staff will check your residency in your travel document, so make sure that you bring the right documents.